Down These Mean Streets

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Artist: Piri Thomas

Year: 1967

Date of Action: May, 1971

Region: North America

Location: Queens, NY

Subject: Explicit Sexuality

Medium:

Confronting Bodies: Queens Community School Board District 25

Description of Artwork: "The book drew on Thomas’s upbringing as the black son of Puerto Rican and Cuban parents during the Great Depression in El Barrio, East Harlem, the dehumanizing racism he even faced within his family, his youth as a gang member which led to seven years in prison, and ultimately, his transformation into an educator and writer." - Smithsonian Magazine

The Incident: Not provided yet.

Results of Incident: Not provided yet.

Source:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/piri-thomas-and-power-self-portrayal-180963651/#yMXH8F0vyfvUcKMf.99,
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/05/09/archives/book-ban-splits-a-queens-school-district-ban-on-book-splits-a.html,
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